A study published by Ipp et al (2009) using a Modified Behaviour Pain Scale (MBPS) has shown infant pain response during routine intramuscular vaccine injection was affected by the order of administration of the vaccine:

For example, in the 'Assessment' section (Chapter 3) much emphasis is placed on the use of the Functional Pain Scale, but in Chapter 10, which discusses the assessment of long-term care, the Functional Pain Scale is not even mentioned.

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